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Thus are the Orders of the Knights of the Goose Quill:


Thou Shalt Honor and Respect the Written Word

Omit Needless Words


Thou Shalt Show Deference to Schmidty the Learned

Thou Shalt Use Persuasion Only for the Cause of Good

Thou Shalt Consider Infinitives—To Split or Not to Split?

Thou Shalt Use Metaphors and Similes Properly


Thou Shalt Avoid Clichés Like the Plague

Thou Shalt Allude, Not Copy

Thou Shalt Not Cheat as Sir Lancelot

Thou Shalt Keep Your Quill Sharp


Thou Shalt Write as Much and Often as Possible

Thou Shalt Identify and Use Rhetorical Techniques

Thou Shalt Write Not What Thou Know, but Feel, Think, and See

Thou Shalt Read Thy Work Aloud

Thou Shalt Not Talk During Films

Thou Shalt Refrain from Spool Papers

Thou Shalt Think on Paper

Thou Shalt Always Write the Truth

Thou Shalt Write for Content, Not for Length

Thou Shalt Remember—the Quill is Mightier Than the Sword

No Geese Were Hurt in the Making of This Order